I wrote an article: How the Left Undermined America’s Security Before 9/11Â eight years ago, right after the attacks. It documents how the Democrats crippled the CIA, ignored the threats from al-Qaeda throughout the 1990s, and failed to install airport security programs recommended by a Clinton task force because it would be “racial profiling.” Ive written two books on this subject — Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left and (with Ben Johnson) Party of Defeat.

Unfortunately, Americans didn’t learn the lessons of the past enough to prevent the party of appeasement and defeat from winning the White House in 2008. Perhaps they’ll learn now.